Standing in front of a packed house in a conveniently air-conditioned Hartford Central School gymnasium, Renee Thorpe paused for a moment before handing out two Kiwanis Club awards. First, she paid the entire town a compliment. “I looked around, and there were so many people,” she said. “I said, ‘These kids have big families.’ Some […]

Amateur meteorologists around Granville will be keeping an eye on the Doppler radar and the long-range forecasts as the Class of 2011 prepares to bid good bye to high school and embrace its future outside for the third year in a row. “I’m hopeful we’ll be outside because then it’s the more the merrier,” Superintendent […]

First-year head softball coach Geoff Loiacono said he’s been pushing hard to get his team in shape and ready to play hard in spring 2011. They’re going to need to be ready. The Wasaren League is a tough place to play any sport. Although the team is on the young side, with only one senior, […]

Graduation losses have hit the Granville Golden Horde boys baseball team hard. Returning only one senior and a total of two players from last year’s playoff team, the other being Andrew Hadeka, returning head coach Dan Poucher said he’s looking for the team to improve game by game. “We’ve very young team in terms of […]

Rosa Albert has been named the class valedictorian for the Whitehall High School class of 2010. Albert is the daughter of Rose and Floyd Beadle, and will be attending Siena College to pursue an education in mathematics teaching. “It was a goal of mine to be at the top of the class and it feels […]

I’d like to take the time and mention by name the second person ever to respond to this blog: Pat Wesner. Pat posted some kind comments about the passing of Rodger Hurley. Welcome to the forum here, tell a friend. Tell a lot of them – it’s lonely in here. LOL. There really is no […]

The only responses I’ve been getting to this thing have been attempt to send spam or spread viruses. LOL It’s a between sports time. Little to report as the teams have just begun gearing up for the home stretch of the school year and the final sports seasons of some of their careers. Things […]